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Its shell broken without ceremony - indeed, entirely by accident - the Seeking dragon whose egg had been collateral damage in the fight shoved the Charging green away with an indignant snarl, allowing the crowd a glimpse of it at last. It was a black, who panted heavily with the effort he had expended to push his clutchmate off of himself. He made no move to stand, wise enough to take the time to at least try to catch his breath. What didn't require any effort, however, was the withering glare he focused on the greens responsible for breaking his egg.

The slender Crystallized green stood calm amidst the chaos, giving voice to a soft thrum directed at her squabbling sisters. So much fuss! So much mess! Of all the things in the world that were worth fighting for, why were they spending their ichor on this?

Between the glare of the black and the gently-given advice of the other green, Shrieking and Charging were convinced to cease their quarrel. The looks they gave each other made it clear that this war was far from over, but they would each deign to put it on hold. For now. They both strode towards the candidates, shouldering into each other until their paths separated to take them to their chosen.

Vesin smiled at those around her and hugged closer to Esre. She was glad that the accidental cracking of an egg led to the hatching of an atypical who convinced the greens to stop their fighting and ended up leading them to impress! Finally! She craned her neck at the pretty black and then looked all around to find out where the pretty gold had went. Had she finally went over to the girls to find hers?

...?

...!!!

Vee stared at the approaching green, stained in ichor and suddenly more glorious than anything she'd ever seen. Shoulders squaring she strode forward to meet her partner but much as she tried to look all serious and dignified she couldn't help the stupid grin on her face and when she met the green she dropped to her knees and pressed her face to the hatchling's, placing one hand on each side of her face. "Baeveth! You're perfect!"

the battered green agreed with a mental smirk, nudging and licking Vee's face before pulling back. she continued, getting to her feet and turning away from her chosen rider,

"Right!" Vee scrambled upright and swiped an arm across her face, totally wiping away sweat not tears of joy that she simply couldn't contain. Baeveth. Baeveth! She understood now what they meant when they said a dragon completed you; it was, it was, it was perfect! She wished she had the words of a harper to say it better but for now perfect would have to do. Wiping her eyes again Vee strode proudly towards the healers, her comrade in arms trotting along beside her with just a slight hitch to her stride.

"Spitting image!" Kylerr said to Zen. "And he's gonna be fine, I think... He looked pretty bad, but he at least stood up for a while. Still seemed spirited. It looked like there might be more blood than actual damage, but I guess we'll see..."

He turned to Vos. "I'll be fine. It's really nothing. At least I've still got my pants!"

The loud CRACK from the remaining eggs caused him to snap his attention back to the clutch. Two more dragons... and a black one! Things were certainly getting interesting... especially once the Crystallized Green set the fighting pair to calming... and Impressing?!

The black made decisive work of his own, leaving the Crystallized and Invasive Greens, the Blue, and the Gold. All calm. Well, either that or rambunctious! Kylerr allowed himself a deep breath to collect himself with the din of the hatching quieted. For now, he reminded himself.

Umm...what? Maldryk stared at the young metallic as she looked him over, completely and utterly at a loss as to what she could possibly want from him. She was a Queen. He was a guy who liked girls. Exclusively. So why the shaff was she staring at him? His bewilderment only grew when she stepped in and butted her head against him. He froze and stared down at her with a priceless expression of utterly terrified confusion.

Why was the gold fixated on him, of all candidates? This was ridiculous! What would people think? What were you supposed to say to a dragonet that was rubbing against you for no apparent reason? "Can I, uh...help you...?"

Vesin rolled her eyes at her sisters betting. She felt bad for the poor kid getting his pants taken by a dragonet. "Definitely the green." She added in. She wasn't willing to place money on it, however, she'd let her sister do that part. She smiled to Kylerr as he called her the spitting image. They did have different hairstyles at least! Ves was so happy that dragons were finally starting to impress, but it did make her wonder if she and her siblings were going to. It wasn't until Zen said that there was a bunch still left unhatched that she nodded. There was, so maybe their dragons were still in there!

Kalendol's hazel eyes searched the terrain of the sands before she slowly evacuated to the far corner and back of the group of avid candidates. The action was somewhat slower than before. But she felt a slight need for being alone. So here she sat watching the sands for signs.

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